CHAPTER SIX — Modern Possibilities

Modern Possibilities only one God. But this scientific discovery has given its final verdict in favour of Islam’s concept of monotheism, it being in complete consonance with the oneness of the universe as postulated by science. It has been established as a valid concept, not just because the universe functions under one universal law, but because matter itself demonstrates that sameness in its being analysable into a single basic unit, the atom, or unobservable electronic waves. 3. Science, in the last analysis, has finally established that the means of acquiring knowledge at our disposal gives us only partial knowledge of the universe. It can never fully encompass the whole truth. This is true, not only on account of our inadequate means of observation, but also because the nature of reality is such, that with our limited natural capabilities we could never observe the truth in toto. This makes it understandable that in order to understand the universe of fact, which is unlimited, man needs some source of knowledge other than mere sensory perception, which is limited. Due to this discrepancy, we are permanently incapable of reaching the final reality. 4. Science has discovered that reality, in its final form, is unobservable. We can only infer it from its manifestations. We cannot directly see it. This reinforces the Islamic standpoint that man’s inability to see either God or the world Hereafter in his present life does not disprove the existence of either, and that if he will but ponder over the signs of nature, he will certainly find proof therein of God and the Afterlife. 5. To ancient philosophers the most cogent basis for rejecting religion was the concept of the eternal quality of matter. That is to say, the belief that the universe had always existed; that, in fact, it had never had a beginning. Where then was the need to believe in a Creator? But modern science has proved that the life of the world is limited, and this settled the problem once and for all. But then the theory